page_title: Margaret Cousins
hierarchical_section_title: Margaret Cousins
caption_attribution_description: English: Margaret Cousins, Irish/Indian suffrage leader from a trip to the US in 1932
context_page_description: Margaret Elizabeth Cousins, née Gillespie, also known as Gretta Cousins was an Irish-Indian educationist, suffragist and Theosophist, who established All India Women's Conference in 1927. She was the wife of poet and literary critic James Cousins, with whom she moved to India in 1915. She is credited with composing the tune for the Indian National Anthem Jana Gana Mana in February 1919, during Rabindranath Tagore's visit to the Madanapalle College.
context_section_description: Margaret Elizabeth Cousins,  née Gillespie, also known as Gretta Cousins (7 November 1878 – 11 March 1954) was an Irish-Indian educationist, suffragist and Theosophist, who established All India Women's Conference (AIWC) in 1927. She was the wife of poet and literary critic James Cousins, with whom she moved to India in 1915. She is credited with composing the tune for the Indian National Anthem Jana Gana Mana in February 1919, during Rabindranath Tagore's visit to the Madanapalle College.
caption: Margaret E. Cousins, 1932
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